Serial killer held Goal was '101'
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
CHANDPUR, Oct 12 (bdnews24.com): A 40 year-old man, arrested for theft, has confessed to killing 11 women in two years in Faridganj, Chandpur, in a gruesome attempt to reach the target of 101 serial murders, police said Sunday.
Rasu Khan began confessing to the killings on Saturday, in police custody, and told of his macabre goal to kill over 100 women, saying he was thwarted in his first love as a youth, Faridganj police said.
He was produced in court Sunday where he recorded a four-hour confessional statement.
Faridganj police told the news agency that Khan was initially arrested in Tongi on September 3 for stealing a fan from a mosque in Faridganj.
He was then taken into remand on Oct 8 for questioning in connection with a murder case. Officer-in-charge of Faridganj Police Station, Ranjit Chandra Palit, said, "Police had been investigating the recent murder of a woman in Chandpur Sadar, having been informed of the killing by a mobile phone call.
Rasu Khan began confessing to the killings on Saturday, in police custody, and told of his macabre goal to kill over 100 women, saying he was thwarted in his first love as a youth, Faridganj police said.
He was produced in court Sunday where he recorded a four-hour confessional statement.
Faridganj police told the news agency that Khan was initially arrested in Tongi on September 3 for stealing a fan from a mosque in Faridganj.
He was then taken into remand on Oct 8 for questioning in connection with a murder case. Officer-in-charge of Faridganj Police Station, Ranjit Chandra Palit, said, "Police had been investigating the recent murder of a woman in Chandpur Sadar, having been informed of the killing by a mobile phone call.